Stats from the India vs Afghanistan Test

Afghanistan's dream debut crash-landed at Bengaluru as India’s spinners and batting line-up left them in tatters within two days. A massive margin of an innings and 262 runs still does not quite convey the enormity of the loss. But horror performances on debut are a given in Tests, so this was always on the cards for a hyped up Afghanistan side. Here we take a glance at some of the records and numbers created, broken and updated during the course of the momentous Test.

If Afghanistan's debut Test came very soon after they took up the sport, India’s wicket-keeper batsman, Dinesh Karthik, made a much delayed appearance when he stepped out for India in whites after a period of eight years. He missed 87 Test matches that India played between his previous Test appearance and this one, making it a record of misses. Parthiv Patel held the record prior to this. He had made a comeback to the Indian Test team after 83 Tests in 2016 against England, also a gap of eight years.

3. Dhawan’s quick-fire knock and fondness of boundaries

Shikhar Dhawan silenced the celebrations in the Afghanistan camp when he walked out with characteristic swagger and stole the show in the first session of the Test match. His hundred came rapidly, stunning the helpless looking Afghanistan side. The fact that he had a century to his name before lunch on day one puts him in a unique list with five other players, none of whom are Indian, apart from him.

Afghanistan became the fourth team in the history of cricket to be bowled out twice in a single day of Test cricket. They are the only team among these four instances to score more than 100 runs in each innings.

Teams to be bowled out twice in a day

India for 58 and 82 vs England, 1952
Zimbabwe for 59 and 99 vs New Zealand, 2005
Zimbabwe for 51 and 143 vs New Zealand, 2012Afghanistan for 109 and 103 vs India, 2018